Johnny

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Johnny is an English language personal name. It is often a nickname, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johhny, Johnni and Johni.

From Wikipedia

Johnny first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1966 with 241 babies (rank #91 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Johnny

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Johnny yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

5,601
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
241
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195598#146
1956138#113
1957142#112
1958130#127
1959147#124
1960162#109
1961169#112
1962194#102
1963211#101
1964205#105
1965202#106
1966241#91
1967213#99
1968218#103
1969189#124
1970202#115
1971201#111
1972142#142
1973142#129
1974128#141
197594#170
197686#181
197784#187
197897#175
1979108#157
1980103#165
1981108#155
1982106#165
1983115#147
1984107#156
198596#172
1986104#167
198778#210
198884#196
198981#208
199069#259
199174#236
199278#228
199347#327
199440#370
199555#298
199621#540
199726#480
199832#434
199918#594
200027#488
200113#688
200214#664
200313#685
200419#561
200514#651
200611#722
20079#762
200810#740
200919#514
201014#613
201112#654
201217#528
201311#655
201413#605